BTS member Jin has premiered his much-anticipated new single “The Astronaut,” which was co-written by Coldplay.
Chris Martin and company also play on the track, which you can listen to now via digital outlets. An accompanying video is also streaming now on YouTube.
Jin is set to join Coldplay for the live debut of “The Astronaut” during the U.K. band’s show in Argentina, which will screen live Friday in theaters worldwide. For more info, visit ColdplayCinema.live.
Coldplay previously collaborated with BTS on the song “My Universe,” which appears on the former’s 2021 album, Music of the Spheres. The track hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Couldn’t get tickets to see Goo Goo Dolls on their tour? Don’t worry, the band has you covered.
The hitmaking band has teamed up with QVC+ and HSN+ for The Total Experience: Goo Goo Dolls — Chaos In Bloom, which you can watch right now for free. It features exclusive interviews with the group and live concert footage of a recent show in Toledo, OH. The five-song performance includes “Name,” “Better Days” and “Iris,” plus two songs from the band’s latest album, Chaos In Bloom: “Yeah I Like You” and “Going Crazy.”
There’s also a virtual “merch table” where you can buy Chaos In Bloom, as well as Goo Goo Dolls’ recent holiday album It’s Christmas All Over and one of 50 CDs signed by the group.
If you don’t want to watch on your desktop, you can download the QVC+ or HSN+ mobile apps and check it out on your phone.
Goo Goo Dolls launch the second leg of their headlining tour Friday night in Eau Claire, WI. It’s set to wrap up November 20 in El Paso, TX.
Halestorm has announced a deluxe version of their latest album, Back from the Dead.
The expanded collection is due out December 9 and includes seven previously unreleased bonus tracks. You can listen to the first of those tracks, the ’80s-influenced “Mine,” now via digital outlets.
“I’m so pleased to be able to give you more,” says frontwoman Lzzy Hale. “A deluxe version of Back from the Dead with seven bonus tracks means you get to dig down deeper into the Halestorm graveyard.”
“Most of these songs are in the spirit of taking chances and were some of the first we’d written after getting together post lockdown,” she adds. “Enjoy the ride!”
The original Back from the Dead was released in May. It includes the singles “Back from the Dead,” “The Steeple” and “Wicked Ways.”
Panic! at the Disco has released a new EP dedicated to the song “House of Memories.”
While originally released in 2016 on the Brendon Urie-led outfit’s album Death of a Bachelor, “House of Memories” has seen a surge in popularity this year thanks to TikTok. The House of Memories EP includes “Sped Up” and “Slowed Down” versions of the song along with the original album version.
“Y’all blew this up on TikTok so we’re throwing it back to the Death of a Bachelor era,” Panic! said of the EP. You can listen to it now via digital outlets.
The EP follows Panic!’s new album Viva Las Vengeance, which dropped in August. Urie and company’s U.S. tour in support of the record concludes Friday in Chicago.
Hall & Oates singer John Oates has just released a soulful, new single titled “Pushin’ a Rock” that focuses on overcoming personal struggles.
The tune is available now via streaming services, while a companion music video has debuted on Oates’ official YouTube channel.
The release of the song ties in with the Movember campaign, which asks people to grow or wear a mustache for the month of November while helping to raise funds and awareness about men’s health issues, including mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
The 74-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will serve as an ambassador for Movember and will participate in the initiative by growing his mustache back fully for the first time in more than 30 years.
“Pushin’ a Rock” is a song that Oates co-wrote with Grammy-winning producer/songwriter Nathan Chapman, who’s known for his work with Taylor Swift. John originally recorded the tune several years ago, and did an updated version for the new release.
“‘Pushin’ a Rock’ is a rallying cry to everyone who strives to overcome life’s struggles and challenges,” Oates notes. “It’s a universal theme and an important message for our time riding on a cool groove.”
In conjunction with the tune’s release and the Movember initiative, Oates is opening up about the fact that he’s experienced his own mental health struggles.
About participating in the campaign, he says, “It is important to me to speak out about men’s issues and shine a light on things that often go unspoken.”
The Movember initiative kicks off November 1. To find out more about it, visit Movember.com.
Disturbed has premiered a new song called “Divisive,” the title track off their upcoming album.
In a statement, frontman David Draiman says, “The title track and the title itself are indicative of the incredibly f***ed up state of things we are living in.”
“It’s about how hyper-polarity has influenced everything people do in life,” Draiman continues. “People are addicted to outrage. They’re addicted to finding the next thing that will piss them off so they can rave about it on social media. Everything negative was given a shot of steroids.”
You can listen to “Divisive” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying lyric video streaming now on YouTube.
The album Divisive, which follows 2018’s Evolution, is due out November 18. It also includes the previously released songs “Hey You” and “Unstoppable.”
Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has announced a new EP with his Crosses side project.
The six-track collection titled PERMANENT.RADIANT will arrive December 9. You can listen to the single “Vivien” now via digital outlets.
PERMANENT.RADIANT follows the singles “Initiation” and “Protection,” which were released in March. Crosses, which also includes producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez, released their self-titled debut — and to date only — full-length album in 2014.
Deftones, meanwhile, is preparing to headline their upcoming Dia de Los Deftones festival, taking place November 5 in San Diego. The lineup also includes Turnstile and Phantogram.
Lainey Wilson dropped her highly-anticipated new album, Bell Bottom Country, on Friday, and she had one more surprise in store for her fans: She’s going on tour.
The singer announced her 2023 headlining Country with a Flare Tour, which is a partnership with Stella Rosa’s Future is Female series. The trek kicks off in January.
It’ll be Lainey’s first-ever headlining tour, and she’s bringing rising acts Ben Chapman, Meg McCree and Leah Blevins along for the ride on select dates. The 27-date run will take them across the U.S., starting with a stop in Spokane, Washington and concluding in Columbus, Ohio in March.
Tickets go on sale next Friday, November 4 at 10 a.m. local time. However, Citi cardmembers will be able to unlock a special presale a few days early, beginning November 1 at 10 a.m. local time. Members of Lainey’s fan club will also get early access, beginning November 2 at 10 a.m. local time.
See Lainey’s website for a full list of dates and details about the shows on the trek.
Maren Morris is the latest subject of the Spirit Halloween trend, in which social media users photoshop Spirit Halloween costume packages to “create” particularly outlandish or silly costume ideas.
Specifically, Maren’s fake costume is a “lunatic country music person.” The costume includes a Maren wig, the tambourine she often plays onstage and a pickleball paddle, a nod to her favorite on-the-road sport.
But perhaps the most important accessories for being a “lunatic country music person” are “inclusive fans” and “beef with transphobes,” according to the photoshopped packaging. That’s a reference to a feud Maren had earlier this year with Jason Aldean’s wife, Brittany, after Brittany posted transphobic comments on social media. Brittany did an interview with Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who described the singer as a “lunatic country music person” — hence the name of the costume.
“I didn’t commission this but I do acknowledge it,” Maren wrote on Twitter, along with the photo of her “lunatic country music person” costume meme. “Happy Halloween, lunatics.”
While the costume itself is fake, it’s all fairly easy to create in real life. So if you’ve got a spare tambourine and long brown wig around, you just might be able to be a “lunatic country music person” this year — especially if you’ve got a “Tall Guy” handy.
A Mariah Carey/Millie Bobby Brown duet? Well, Stranger Things have happened.
Fans of Mariah may have noticed that the young British actress occasionally appears on the diva’s social media feeds: The two became pals because Mariah’s kids are fans of Millie’s Stranger Things character, Eleven. But it seems that when Millie comes over to visit, she and Mariah spend a lot of time making music together.
“I’ll just go over and we’ll sing together…it’s the most magical [thing],” Millie said on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night. When Fallon asked if the two would ever consider dropping a single together, the actress said, “Potentially, I don’t know.” She called Mariah “the most talented singer ever.”
Millie, who’s so close with Mariah that she gets to call her “Mimi,” noted that the two are tight because “she grew up in the public eye and we have connected just on so many different levels.”
“I also just love the way she leads her life with so much power and she just has so much knowledge and she’s so wise,” Millie added of Mariah. “She’s just been such an incredible guiding light for me.”
The actress also revealed that she and Mariah will be, for example, eating Chinese food and Mariah will randomly bust out her famous “whistle tone.” “It’s a real thing. It’s wild!” said Millie.
Maybe Millie and Mariah could collab on a Christmas single: “The ‘Eleven’ Days of Christmas.” Hey, you never know.
